Some children in Acadiana will now have a brand new good friend to assist them deal with what might have been traumatic conditions.
Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I acquired a donation of 150 ‘Troopers Bears’ on Monday, July 26.
The bears will probably be given out to kids concerned in automobile crashes or different unhappy conditions to make their experiences much less distressing, LSP mentioned.
The bears had been donated by Brent Milam of Lafayette.
“We respect his donation and the chance he has supplied us with to make a optimistic distinction within the lives of youngsters,” the troop mentioned in a Facebook post.
The troop can also be now stocked with in a single day baggage from an organization referred to as Geaux 4 Kids. Theses baggage are given to kids who enter into the foster system.
“It is a backpack that they will carry with them and it is their bag, it is for them. It is one thing that they personal,”defined Tpr. Thomas Gossen. “So they don’t seem to be simply put into this case with nothing. Hopefully it permits a little bit little bit of relieving of stress in an already traumatic scenario.”
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